I run a clinic in the United States

Chapter 329 Major or minor illness?

It’s Thanksgiving again.

Although Elena and Ava have moved to a new house, they still chose to spend Thanksgiving this year on the third floor of Iris Clinic.

Because they spent Thanksgiving here every year before, and Anna’s memorial tablet was still placed in a room on the third floor.

Here, there is a feeling of family reunion.

As usual, Zhou Qiao burned some paper for his aunt and replaced it with fresh tributes.

The facilities on the third floor, including kitchenware, are as before. Only some necessary clothes, toys, etc. were taken away. Because they usually work in the clinic, they can still come up and take a nap during their lunch break.

All the furniture in the new house, including the sheets and quilt covers, are all new.

Turkey is still the staple food, a huge one, roasted to a crisp on the outside and tender on the inside, placed in the center of the table, surrounded by a variety of other delicacies, such as grilled steak, grilled oysters, salt-baked king crab, salmon, Tuna, Arctic ice shrimp...

Roasted pumpkin, roasted corn, sweet potato, vegetable salad, pillow bag, apples, oranges, strawberries, cherries, kiwis, watermelon, grapes, nuts...

Don’t say whether you can finish it or not. Anyway, it’s very ritualistic.

Moreover, the abundant food allows you to eat whatever you want, which gives people a sufficient sense of security.

Zhou Qiao and the others usually don't drink, but on this grand festival, the clinic is also closed, so they can have a few glasses of high-end wine to adjust the atmosphere.

Zhou Qiao is rich now, so he naturally doesn't like wine that costs several hundred dollars, and he doesn't drink it often, so the bottle of wine he opened today cost more than fifty thousand dollars.

Although these dishes are sumptuous, the most valuable thing is the bottle of wine.

Grape wine luminous cup, urge you to drink Pipa immediately.

"Jun Zhou, mount your horse quickly..."

Elena lay on the sofa, imitating Chiba Nanako's tone, and called softly.

How can I bear this?

Then I didn’t eat dinner, so I ate the beauty first.

Soon, Ava also joined the battle group.

Of the food on this large table, they only consumed king crab, salmon, tuna and Arctic ice shrimp in the evening. Then there were a few fruits, but nothing else was touched.

Even the snowflake steak no longer tastes good.

After coming to the United States, steak was the staple food Zhou Qiao ate most, and it was no longer so attractive to him.

That night, the three of them did not go back and stayed on the third floor of the clinic.

They have wonderful memories here, and every time they are here, it is particularly exciting.

Zhou Qiao's happy life started here, and so did the twin girls.

The next afternoon, Iris Clinic welcomed three very special guests.

"Oh, dear Dr. Zhou, I haven't seen you for two years, and you are younger and more handsome than before!"

“It’s also more famous!”

Well-known Texas female writer Tracy McKenna, her husband Kevin Nix, and their two-year-old baby Jenny Nix came to visit.

Their family was the one who sold the town to Loya.

Mayor Kevin no longer works as mayor. After they moved to Houston, Kevin Nix opened a company there and is now doing well.

His wife, Tracy McKenna, takes care of her children full-time and writes novels when she has free time, so her life is not too smooth.

Living in a big city like Houston is really convenient, whether it's shopping, medical care, or education.

"Oh, the baby is so beautiful!" Zhou Qiao picked up little Jenny and kissed her. Then, the beautiful baby was snatched away by Elena and Ava, who took turns kissing her.

Elena and Ava love children, but they don't want to have them.

In their own words, they are still babies, and they hope Zhou Qiao will pamper them every day.

Naturally, you should enjoy a lot when you are young, and we will talk about having children later. They are not like Luo Ya, who have so much inheritance waiting for their children to inherit.

"Dr. Zhou, this is for you." Kevin Knicks gave Zhou Qiao two bottles of good wine, which looked very high-end at first glance.

"Dr. Zhou, I hope you like this book!" Tracy McKenna gave Zhou Qiao a set of her latest signed books.

Tracy's handwriting is very beautiful, in an artistic style, very elegant, and the words are just like the person she is.

"The gifts are all great, thank you." Zhou Qiao brought people into the clinic, and they drank coffee together in the rest area on the first floor and chatted about daily life.

"Dr. Zhou, the main reason we came here this time is to interview you and learn about your past. And, as you know, I have always had a wish to write a biography for you." Tracy McKenna shrugged , the smile is charming.

In fact, she has written a small part of it, as far as she knows. Especially, on that hurricane night, Zhou Qiao helped her perform surgery. The writing was thrilling and mixed with a lot of her imagination.

Because most of the time, she was unconscious and only learned about it from her husband afterwards.

But what novelists are best at is imagination and artistic processing.

The novel originates from life, but is higher than life.

"This is my honor!" Zhou Qiao said modestly.

They chatted casually, and Tracy took out a notebook, sometimes asking, sometimes listening, and sometimes writing quickly in the notebook to record key points so that he would not forget them later.

Of course, many things cannot be explained clearly so quickly. For some special points, Tracy pays special attention to them and will ask more details.

The couple planned to stay here for a week, firstly for a vacation, and secondly, to have enough time to communicate with Zhou Qiao.

Regarding some private matters, such as how many women Zhou Qiao had hooked up with, Zhou Qiao would naturally not tell the truth stupidly, but Tracy planned to describe it in an ambiguous way.

Even if Zhou Qiao told the truth, Tracy would be surprised and would only write it in a beautifying way.

In her book, stunning beauties such as Murphy, Stephanie, and Talia will all be Zhou Qiao's admirers.

In fact, it does.

Tracy writes a biography for Zhou Qiao. In addition to thanking Zhou Qiao, Tracy also wants to publish and sell it for money. When the time comes, he will share the income with Zhou Qiao.

Zhou Qiao is now relatively well-known in the United States. If Tracy's biography is published again, Zhou Qiao's reputation will become even greater.

It's a win-win thing.

When people live in this world, it is inevitable to pursue fame and fortune. Zhou Qiao thinks to himself that he is not a saint. Although he is not very passionate about fame and fortune and will not deliberately pursue it, of course he will not refuse it if it is readily available and comes to his door!

In the evening of that day, Zhou Qiao hosted and invited Tracy and his wife to have dinner with Elena, Ava, Murphy, Stephanie, and Nanako Chiba.

Looking at the five stunning beauties, Tracy's eyes lit up. How many love stories could be made up with this, and she could also learn from the palace battle plots of the great Eastern countries.

But Kevin Nicks didn't dare to glance at these beauties during the whole process, for fear that his wife would be unhappy.

Zhou Qiao felt ashamed. If it were him, he would have seen enough.

All I can say is that Kevin Knicks is an honest man.

……

The cork oak tree in front of the Iris Clinic is once again bearing fruit, and the little squirrels are happily collecting acorns and carrying them to their safe nests.

Zhou Qiao estimated that they had not finished eating the fruits they collected last year. Moreover, the winter in San Francisco is not very cold. Is such diligent collection necessary?

However, this is a memory engraved in the genes of squirrels, and it is also one of the things they are most happy to do.

A woman in her thirties walked into the door of Iris Clinic with a worried boy in her arms.

"Good morning, dear lady, lovely little baby." Jin Jizhen greeted the mother and son and said hello with a smile.

The woman's eyes were red and she said to Jin Jizhen in a depressed mood: "Good morning, Miss Nurse. I have made an appointment with Dr. Zhou at nine in the morning."

"Oh, are you Mrs. O'Connor?" Jin Jizhen is very skilled in business. She remembered the other party's name without opening her iPad to search.

"Yes, yes, my son's condition is a bit serious. I would like to ask Dr. Zhou to help make a diagnosis." Mrs. O'Connor said with a heavy heart. "Okay, Dr. Zhou should be free, but before that, please help me fill in my personal information." Jin Jizhen opened the iPad interface and made an invitation gesture.

"Okay." Mrs. O'Connor nodded lightly, and then followed Jin Jizhen to the rest area not far away. It took about three minutes to complete the medical registration information.

During this process, she was reluctant to put her child down. The child was very curious about the environment of the clinic, especially the children's play area and the big red cowhide war drum at the other end. She originally wanted to go down and play, but her mother told him not to move. You're sick, can't you be nice?

Jin Jizhen smiled and signaled the children to be calm.

Jin Ji really noticed that the child wanted to play, but she didn't know what kind of disease the child was suffering from, so she didn't dare to give any advice.

After filling out the information, Jin Jizhen put away the iPad and took O'Connor and her son to Chiba Nanako's clinic.

Because Mrs. O'Connor had an appointment, Zhou Qiao had told her in advance that if she came, she would take her to Nanako Chiba.

We had a general understanding when making the appointment, and the other party’s condition could be initially classified as internal medicine.

"Mrs. O'Connor, this is the owner of our clinic, Dr. Zhou." Jin Jizhen introduced Zhou Qiao to the patient's family.

Zhou Qiao stood up, nodded and smiled: "Good morning, I hope I can help you. Please have a seat."

Because the other party was holding the child, Zhou Qiao stopped shaking hands with the other party.

Chiba Nanako stood behind Zhou Qiao. She was originally sitting on Zhou Qiao's lap, but when she heard the noise, she jumped up quickly.

"Ah, hello, Dr. Zhou." Mrs. O'Connor couldn't help but have a flash of surprise in her eyes, thinking that she had long heard that Dr. Zhou from Iris Clinic was young, but she didn't expect him to be so young.

This is just like a little brother. Have you graduated from college? No. High school graduation?

However, the medical expert temperament exuded by Zhou Qiao made her feel slightly at ease.

Mrs. O'Connor sat down with the child in her arms and said impatiently, "Dr. Zhou, it's like this. My son has been seen in other clinics and hospitals before. Some doctors said it might be lupus erythematosus, and some doctors said it might be Behcet's disease. , later, someone recommended me to come to Iris Clinic, and then I came.”

"Lupus erythematosus? Behcet's disease?" Zhou Qiao was shocked. Both diseases were at the level of devils.

Chiba Nanako's pretty face also changed color slightly.

Needless to say, lupus erythematosus is a disease that many people suffer from. In the end, no medicine works and they pass away in endless pain.

Behcet's disease, also called Behcet's syndrome, is a systemic immune system disease and a type of vasculitis.

Behcet's disease can attack multiple organs of the human body, such as the mouth, skin, joints and muscles, eyes, blood vessels, heart, lungs and nervous system. It can be said that it can attack anything you have on your body. The main manifestations are the mouth and hidden parts. Ulcers, rashes, erythema, ocular iritis, joint swelling and pain, the prognosis is not good, and severe cases are life-threatening!

"Mrs. O'Connor, don't worry, I'm here to check the child." Seeing that the child's mother was extremely anxious, Zhou Qiao quickly comforted her.

However, it is understandable that as a mother, you may be worried about the possibility of contracting these two diseases.

Jin Jizhen had also heard of these two diseases, and thought to herself that if my child were like this, I would probably cry to death.

"Okay, okay." Mrs. O'Connor nodded.

Zhou Qiao came over, knelt down, took a closer look at the child, and immediately felt relaxed.

Because the child is normal and in a very good mental state, but he looks confused. I guess he doesn’t know why his mother takes him everywhere to see the doctor and keeps crying.

Mrs. O'Connor did not tell the child that he had a very serious illness, and the child did not realize this.

The child is in good spirits, but he does have some red spots on his body, which look like butterflies or wolf bites.

Zhou Qiao wore sterile gloves and pressed gently with his hands, but the child showed no obvious discomfort.

Zhou Qiao asked: "How long have he had these red spots on his body?"

Mrs O'Connor said: "About two weeks. At the beginning, I found out and took pictures, but now it's much worse than before."

The lady was very attentive and showed Zhou Qiao the previous photos on her phone.

Zhou Qiao compared it and saw that indeed, the condition progressed very quickly and was very serious!

"Dr. Zhou, the red spots behind his ears were discovered suddenly when I took him to the beach to play and pick up shells. At that time, I thought he had been bitten by something, but later it appeared in other places, and I realized that it was not the case."

Zhou Qiao nodded, pointed to a scab on the child's waist and asked, "Are the spots here recently grown?"

Mrs. O'Connor: "Yeah, this one grew later."

Zhou Qiao said: "This spot has darkened."

I checked other parts of the child's body and scalp and found that the child's scalp was very clean.

Mrs. O'Connor added on the side: "New red spots are constantly appearing on his body, occasionally mixed with blisters and the like. He is still so young, could it really be lupus erythematosus or Behcet's disease? Zhou Doctor, I’m really, really worried!”

Zhou Qiao had just checked. Indeed, as the child's mother said, the child had many shocking sores on his body, with blisters and interfaces, which were red. It looked as if the area was necrotic and needed surgery to remove it. It was very scary.

Those edema-like red spots can be as large as a palm, with necrosis and scabs in the center, and the small ones are like inflammatory papules, large and small, everywhere, and polymorphous.

When Zhou Qiao was checking, the children couldn't help but want to scratch. Zhou Qiao laughed: "Don't pick, it will make the condition worse."

There is a saying in China, "Buckling turns to sores, sleeping turns to disease." Bacteria live on your hands, and scratching can damage the integrity of your skin and worsen the infection.

The child was very obedient and stopped grabbing.

"You're so good." Zhou Qiao encouraged, and then said, "Open your mouth and I'll check your mouth."

Chiba Nanako quickly and gently handed over a medical flashlight.

"Thank you." Zhou Qiao took it and said to the child, "Ah~"

The child followed suit and made an "Ah~" motion. Zhou Qiao quickly illuminated it and took a few glances. He saw that the oral mucosa was quite clean and there were no ulcers.

Zhou Qiao asked Mrs. O'Connor: "Before he got this disease, did he have oral ulcers or herpes in his throat?"

Mrs. O'Connor nodded and said: "Yes, yes, but now it's better. He has always had severe rhinitis, so his nose was the first to attack, followed by oral ulcers. Later, I gave him vitamin B, and the situation became better." It's getting better. I also have the previous oral photos, please wait a moment."

Mrs. O'Connor said as she began to search through the photo album on her mobile phone. It was a bit long ago and there have been a lot more photos recently, so it will take some time.

The mother was looking for photos. The child had been being held since he entered the clinic. At this time, he really couldn't sit still and started to act naughty, twisting and twisting, and even grabbing his mother's hair.

"Be quiet!" Mrs. O'Connor scolded angrily, mainly because she was disturbing her search for photos. She was very anxious, hesitant, and helpless inside, so it was inevitable that she could not control her emotions.

But the children are still ignorant.

When a child sees his mother getting angry, he immediately becomes obedient.

"Dr. Zhou, this is this one. You see, the oral ulcer was very serious before." Mrs. O'Connor finally found the photo.

Zhou Qiao took a closer look and knew what he was doing, so he stretched out his hand and said, "Can I hug the kid?"

Mrs. O'Connor was stunned and said, "If you don't mind... uh, of course."

She originally wanted to say, there are so many red spots on the child, Dr. Zhou, aren't you afraid of infectious diseases? But seeing Zhou Qiao’s clear eyes and sincere attitude, she said to herself that he is a doctor and knows much better than me. So I readily agreed.

She is also happy when her child is liked.

Zhou Qiao laughed, hugged the child over, and walked quickly outside.

"Ah, Doctor Zhou." Mrs. O'Connor was startled and didn't know what Zhou Qiao was going to do, so she quickly followed him out.

Chiba Nanako and Jin Ji Zhen also followed out curiously.

Zhou Qiao came outside and walked around with the child in his arms. When he saw the child's gaze, he couldn't help but glance at the play area and the big red war drum. He smiled and said: "I knew you wanted to play. Let me tell you, My clinic is very popular with children. Go and play."

He put the child down.

The child got Zhou Qiao's promise and immediately ran to the play area.

Mrs. O'Connor behind her: "..."

Jin Jizhen: "..."

Only Chiba Nanako thought for a moment, and then her eyes lit up, and she looked at Zhou Jun with eyes full of admiration.

(End of this chapter)